The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) · Saturday, July 11, 2026
Arvind Jain, co-founder of Glean, explained that the company started as an enterprise search engine to help employees find information across various systems. As AI models improved, Glean evolved into an AI platform, now functioning as a 'super set' of tools like ChatGPT, connecting with a company's internal context to act as a coworker.
“So Glean is an enterprise AI company. We started as a search company for businesses, so help an employee quickly find information that they need.”
“But then over time as AI models got better, so it evolved into an AI platform.”
“So today, the way to think about Glean is that first, it's a super set of chat GPT, Claude, Gemini, all of those combined into one product experience.”